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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Findings and recommendations from the National Taking in Charge Initiative (NTICI) were included in a report on the initiative that was published by my Department in December 2018. The report is available on my Department's website at the following link:www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/fil es/national_taking_in_charge_initiative_report_dec2018.pdf. The publication of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, in respect of private houses. There are three separate grant schemes available, including the Housing Aid for Older People Grant, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability. Funding of €71.25 million has been allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State, progressively replacing Rent Supplement for those with a long term social housing need. At the end of Quarter 2 2019, there were over 48,200 households having their housing needs met through HAP. HAP is funded through a combination of Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use, including delivery through the Buy and Renew Scheme. Since the Buy & Renew Scheme was introduced, local authorities have delivered over 430 new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As is the case with the large majority of development types, there are currently no specific planning guidelines in place in respect of solar farms. Proposals for individual solar farm developments are subject to the statutory requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, in the same manner as other proposed developments, with planning applications made to the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) will replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013. Under certain conditions households can receive a grant to assist them in carrying out remediation, repair or upgrading works to, or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority Administration (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Property Registration Authority (PRA) is the State organisation responsible for the registration of property transactions in Ireland. The PRA manages and controls the Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds registering what State guaranteed titles of land. The PRA expects to complete over 250,000 Land Registry transactions in 2019, an increase of 49,000 over 2018. Applications...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. I have asked the Agency to compile figures on the numbers of applications that it has assessed, recommended to approve and recommended to decline since the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Exemptions (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Generally, property occupied by Government Departments are exempt from commercial rates.  In the case of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, there is a requirement that expenses incurred in relation to the operation of the Social Insurance Fund must be recouped to other Government Departments. This includes a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs and also facilitate the early return from hospital stays. The detailed administration of the grants including their assessment, approval and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658 and 683 together. Under my Department’s grant scheme for the renewal or repair of a thatched roof, funding of up to €3,810, or two thirds of the approved cost, whichever is the lesser, may be payable in respect of necessary works to renew or repair the thatched roofs of private houses. There is no differentiation in these grants between...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 659 and 660 together. Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are making an important contribution to social housing delivery, as envisaged in Rebuilding Ireland. My Department operates a number of funding programmes that assist local authorities to work in partnership with AHBs to construct, purchase or lease new homes and make them available for social housing. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 1939 of 6 September 2019. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Irish Water, as a single publically owned national water services authority, is taking a strategic, nationwide national utility approach to asset planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level.  Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local Authorities continue to accept applications under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme.   When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) scheme was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans would be approximately €200 million over three years.  However, the RIHL proved to be more successful than initially anticipated. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 666 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At the end of Q2 2019, over 48,260 active tenancies were being supported by the HAP scheme. This includes 1,344 tenancies in County Clare. Limerick City and County Council provide a highly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. Local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding of schemes or projects in their functional areas and Kerry County Council included the scheme referred to in its application to my Department under the new Programme. An...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Property Registration Authority (PRA) is the State organisation responsible for the registration of property transactions in Ireland. The PRAs Digital Mapping Project ran from September 2005 to September 2010.  This was a major transformation project involving the digitisation of approximately 2.4 million land parcels, made up of approximately 15 million line segments. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Work is at an advanced stage of development of the funding scheme referred to by the Deputy.  I expect that the process will be substantially completed shortly when the necessary regulations dealing with the financial assistance arrangements and related administrative matters are put in place.  This will enable a circular letter, terms and conditions, guidance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 7 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the 2000 Act), all planning authorities are required to keep a register in respect of all land within their functional areas. In this regard, planning authorities have to include in such registers particulars of all planning applications made to the authority under the 2000 Act, including quarries. The register also...